8-letter words containing a, b, y
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- berdyaev — Nikoˈlai (Aleksandrovich) (nikɔˈlaɪ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ) 1874-1948; Russ. religious philosopher, in France after 1922
- berryman — John. 1914–72, US poet and critic, author of Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) and Dream Songs (1964–68)
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- beta ray — a stream of beta particles
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- big easy — the New Orleans
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- bithynia — an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- bladdery — like a bladder
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- body bag — A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident.
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bomb bay — a part of military aircraft where the bombs are stored
- boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- bot army — a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet, that can be controlled remotely to, for example, mount denial-of-service attacks
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers